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The Universal Book of Mathematics
2004 book by David Darling From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Universal Book of Mathematics: From Abracadabra to Zeno's Paradoxes (2004) is a book by British author David Darling.
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Summary
The book is presented in a dictionary format. The book is divided into headwords, which, as the title suggests, run from Abracadabra to Zeno's paradoxes.
The book also provides diagrams and illustrations.
Errors
The first edition of the book had several errors which were fixed in later editions. Several famous scientists have sent in corrections to the author of the book. These include Warren Johnson and Freeman Dyson.[1]
Reception
The book has been praised by BoingBoing[2] and British newspaper The Independent.[3]
Problems and Puzzles mentioned in the book have been discussed and debated several times by several major mathematicians.[4]
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